LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Italian bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo looks stronger than the Stockholm-Are project in an IOC analysis of the candidates. The IOC says its own polling in March showed “83% … more
TOKYO — An Olympic official has made a guarantee that should please the heads of world sports federations who are concerned that Tokyo Games organizers might be cutting things they see as “decoration” but federations view as “essential.” Christophe Dubi, … more
The coach of Kenya’s Olympic track team in 2016 has been banned for 10 years for corruption after he asked for $12,000 to give athletes advance notice to help them beat doping tests. Michael Rotich was banned by the IAAF … more
TOKYO — An IOC inspection team took a routine tour of venues being built for the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, just days after an international labor union federation derided difficult working conditions at some Olympic sites. Top International Olympic Committee … more
MONTREAL — Doping officials are using recently gained data from Moscow’s anti-doping laboratory to build “strong” cases against Russian athletes and expect analysis of the information to be completed by the end of the year. Gunter Younger, the director of … more
